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Annual and monthly percentage change in the most quoted indexes, not seasonally adjusted

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Annual and monthly percentage change in the most quoted indexes, not seasonally adjusted
  Annual percentage Monthly percentage
Percentage change January 2009 from January 2008 Percentage change December 2008 from December 2007 Percentage change January 2009 from December 2008 Percentage change December 2008 from November 2008
  percent
All-items 1.1 1.2 -0.3 -0.7
Core consumer price index (CPI) (Bank of Canada definition) 1.9 2.4 -0.4 -0.4
All-items excluding energy 2.3 2.6 -0.4 -0.2
All-items excluding food and energy 1.2 1.5 -0.6 -0.3
Goods -1.0 -0.8 -0.3 -1.5
Services 3.0 3.1 -0.3 0.1